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Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
- FRUNKenstein
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red
2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red
2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver
- 32wildbilly
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
I don't get it...
We've all seen the Taycan and what's with the two wanna be Princess Leia in the tidy whities? The drama is lost on me...
Never gonna make you cry...
- OceanBlue2000
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
We’ve got the same car if that’s a slate grey interior. Here’s one on EBay that is more than I was willing to pay.
https://www.ebay.com/c/16015454659
I stumbled on this one for sale at retail. Best way to find them is a search for #77851
Mike
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
- Cuda911
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
I have a Maisto, but wrong wheels for my car. Lots of other stuff. A small portion:
Mike
'68 Ford Custom 500; '70 Plymouth Cuda; '71 Ford Econoline; 73 Porsche 914 1.7, '74 Porsche 914 1.8; '74 Suzuki TC185; '86 Suzuki GS450L; '88 Subaru GL104WD Turbo Ltd Edn;; '88 Subaru XT; '91 Lexus ES250; '93 Jeep Wrangler, '99 Porsche Boxster, '03 Turbo VW Beetle; '03 Porsche Boxster; '03 Porsche Carrera C2; '07 Porsche Cayman, '11 BMW 328i, '12 Porsche 991 S, '14 Porsche Cayman, & a mishmash of other vehicles.
'68 Ford Custom 500; '70 Plymouth Cuda; '71 Ford Econoline; 73 Porsche 914 1.7, '74 Porsche 914 1.8; '74 Suzuki TC185; '86 Suzuki GS450L; '88 Subaru GL104WD Turbo Ltd Edn;; '88 Subaru XT; '91 Lexus ES250; '93 Jeep Wrangler, '99 Porsche Boxster, '03 Turbo VW Beetle; '03 Porsche Boxster; '03 Porsche Carrera C2; '07 Porsche Cayman, '11 BMW 328i, '12 Porsche 991 S, '14 Porsche Cayman, & a mishmash of other vehicles.
Re: 996 owner group on Facebook
Over the weekend, some guy posted up a photo of the ferrous debris he found in his oil filter, and the Facebook yahoos replied with jokes about IMSB paranoia. Consensus from the Facebook thinktank regarding flattened metal debris in your oil filter: NBD, just keep driving it.
Note to self: do not solicit mechanical advice from Facebook 'experts.'
Note to self: do not solicit mechanical advice from Facebook 'experts.'
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
- OceanBlue2000
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Re: 996 owner group on Facebook
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:46 am Over the weekend, some guy posted up a photo of the ferrous debris he found in his oil filter, and the Facebook yahoos replied with jokes about IMSB paranoia. Consensus from the Facebook thinktank regarding flattened metal debris in your oil filter: NBD, just keep driving it.
Note to self: do not solicit mechanical advice from Facebook 'experts.'
I think I saw that post. People just do not want to believe these engines have the issues they do or that they are relatively powerless to keep some of the modes of failure away. You can only try and educate the masses so much.
Mike
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
Re: 996 owner group on Facebook
To be fair there is a lot of fear spread around it too. I respect Jake, believe he has more knowledge about these engines than anyone else on the planet, and he is who I want to rebuild our engine at some point, but I don't agree with how far he takes it some times.OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:33 am5chn3ll wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:46 am Over the weekend, some guy posted up a photo of the ferrous debris he found in his oil filter, and the Facebook yahoos replied with jokes about IMSB paranoia. Consensus from the Facebook thinktank regarding flattened metal debris in your oil filter: NBD, just keep driving it.
Note to self: do not solicit mechanical advice from Facebook 'experts.'
I think I saw that post. People just do not want to believe these engines have the issues they do or that they are relatively powerless to keep some of the modes of failure away. You can only try and educate the masses so much.
The reality is that the vast majority of these cars have been running between 15 and 20 years without issue and will more than likely continue to do so with minimal help. By all means if you are in there for something else you should take preventative steps (e.g. if the clutch is being done it's kind of silly not to go ahead and do the IMSB, if the plugs are being changed, scope the top of the cylinders, etc..), but doing work just to do work is silly.
That view just applies to preventative work though. If you have a symptom like this poor guy, you get that shit diagnosed so you can make an informed decision.
I will admit, however, that having a single owner car (e.g. we know it's entire history) that is her "forever car" makes it much easier to sleep at night. We don't have to guess if it was serviced decently through it's life (most would say it wasn't!), if it was mistreated, or if something doesn't feel right. I also have no doubt that sans it being really totaled (e.g. not just cause insurance didn't want to fix a few body panels) we'll resurrect it if something happens.
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I'm on board with making fun of alarmists - but it's a dick move in the context of a post where some guy's engine is potentially swirling in the toilet bowl.
It also chafes me when people parrot decade-old failure rates on a wear item as some kind of universal truth. If you're too dumb and/or stubborn to recognize that any machine will eventually fail, don't crow about it on the Interwebs.
It also chafes me when people parrot decade-old failure rates on a wear item as some kind of universal truth. If you're too dumb and/or stubborn to recognize that any machine will eventually fail, don't crow about it on the Interwebs.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
- 32wildbilly
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
That sounds like fun! Exactly which 996 page are you guys talking about? Last time you guys brought up FB I looked around but didn't find the one with the extreme asshattery.5chn3ll wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:19 am I'm on board with making fun of alarmists - but it's a dick move in the context of a post where some guy's engine is potentially swirling in the toilet bowl.
It also chafes me when people parrot decade-old failure rates on a wear item as some kind of universal truth. If you're too dumb and/or stubborn to recognize that any machine will eventually fail, don't crow about it on the Interwebs.
Never gonna make you cry...
- OceanBlue2000
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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
I think this is the one. Lots of owners in the UK.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/996owners/
There's a story on there from a guy who hit the gas and smoke started coming out his front end! These cars! Also a guy with milkshake and a guy who bought a radio without seeing if it would fit (guess what happened!).
https://www.facebook.com/groups/996owners/
There's a story on there from a guy who hit the gas and smoke started coming out his front end! These cars! Also a guy with milkshake and a guy who bought a radio without seeing if it would fit (guess what happened!).
Mike
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)
Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
2000 Ocean Blue 996 Carrera 2
1982 928 (sold)